I've missed your thoughtful analysis so thanks for this Kevin. I stayed at Tonga Towers in Majorca last week and expected to see KOT dining in the Skybar there. They are missing a regal leader there, especially for the quiz. Best wishes on your retirement from work..hope the email transfer goes smoothly - I hope this transfer is on a free? MarkA
On Mon, 23 May 2022, 18:10 Kevin Lewis - UK SBS via Leedslist, < [email protected]> wrote: > UK OFFICIAL > > Well I've not posted too much lately as I struggled to find anything > positive to say. > Relegation looked like the most likely scenario when the club failed to > strengthen the team in January, and the never ending stream of injuries was > going to be too much to overcome. > > The replacing of Bielsa with Marsch was always going to be a binary > decision. > Relegation = failure, Survival = Success. > > Whilst I thought some of his selections were a bit bizarre, he did not > have a lot of choice. He inherited a small injury-hit squad, with obvious > short-comings even at full strength. > > Yesterday, I wondered what on earth Greenwood was doing in midfield. But > having him man-mark Erikson was a master-stoke. Erikson was subdued by a > younger man, apart from his set-pieces, and Greenwood even had time to get > involved with the ball himself > > Going into the last game I put survival chances at 1 in 5. But despite > looking nervous, and even managing to vulnerable against 9 men, they got > through. > > IMO 6 signings will be needed to be more comfortable next season, and that > is without having to replace Raphinha which must be odds-on. Hopefully > Phillips will stay around for another season. > > Bielsa managed to get average players to perform super-humanly for 3 > years. I thnik Marsch will have to rely on just getting better players to > perform to expectations. But I think he deserves the chance with a squad > that he will have at least some say in developing. > > All the best KOT. > > PS. I am retiring from work on Thursday, so after nearly 30 ys will be > unsubbing from the list with this address. > Hopefully will be back from a new address as soon as I can work out how to > do it, and John lets me go nomail so I catch up from the web digest. > > > > > > > > UK OFFICIAL > > UK Shared Business Services Ltd. Registered in England and Wales as a > limited company. Company number 6330639. Registered Office: Polaris House, > North Star Avenue, Swindon, Wiltshire SN2 1FF. This email and any > attachments are intended for the named addressee(s) only. If you are not > the intended recipient, please notify us immediately and do not disclose, > distribute, or retain this email or any part of it. While we have taken > every reasonable precaution to minimise risk of this e-mail or any > attachments containing viruses, the recipient should carry out its own > virus checks before opening the attachments. The Company does not accept > any liability for any losses or damages which the recipient may sustain due > to presence of any viruses. Any opinions expressed in this email (including > attachments) are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the > company's opinions. We will not accept responsibility for any commitments > made by our employees outside the scope of our business. The Company > reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through their > networks for the purposes of preventing and detecting crime. > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ > > Rest in Peace Guy, and wear your hat! _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ Rest in Peace Guy, and wear your hat!
